Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-03-02

appropriation WAS asked
MI Flint explained and advocated the pas
sage of the resolve.
Mr.. Gushee opposed its passage.
: On motion of Mr.. Lord Of Penobsc1t the
resolve vas laid on the table and assigned
. for 10 morrow at ii so.
Resolve in favor of Highland plantation
: came up by assignment and WAS laid on the
; table and assigned for tomorrow at IL
o'clock on motion of Mr.. Gushee of Knox.
On motion of Mr.. Gilbert of Oxford re-
, solve in aid of dairying. beef raising,
sheep, horse and poultry growing interests
Of the State of Maine was taken from the
table and passed to be engrossed
blll al act to amend chap IS of the re-
Sised statute relating TO organization OF cor
, porstions came up bv special assignment. and
MI Sargent OF Hancock moved to amend hv
striking out in the 9th and 7th lines the
words ''less than fifty thousand" aud also by
striking out all between the words'dolsrs" in
the 9th line and the word before" in the
l4th line.
The amendment WAS adopted and the bill
! passed to be engrossed.
Resolve in favor of the Maine Industrial
School for Girls came up by spcial assign
ment, the pending question being upon its
passage to be engrossed
Mr. Lumbert of Aroostook opposed the
resolve. protesting against the prac-
tice OF institutions obtaining appropriations
andpromising not TO ask for more as an induce
ment to the making of the appropriation. aud
IN two years when there is a new set of lepls-
laters, coming and asking for more This
institution had said two years ago that it
wanted enough to complete their building, and
then they could run upon their own resources
and practically that it was no, to become
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by the State This was a time to begin on a
little retrenchment, and he submitted that not
a cent shonld be granted this year. He did
not believe in the institution aud did not
think it WAS one that the State desired to ia
ther.
Mr.. Lord of Penobscot defended the
institution and advocated the appro-
priation, quoting from the report of
the trustees to show the good beirg
done by it. The amount reported was Sl4,-
OOo for two wears, sum less than the trus.
tees asked for. He believed the institution
was doing great work in taking from cities
and towns little girls who are taught in the
school habits of industry and sent out to
? respectable positions in life Eighty per
cent. of the girls committed are saved from
wrecked lives and become good women He
presumed that members had read of a GER
+ tain abandoned girl in New York, who had
lived In poor houses and places of correction
with nobody to care for her, and who has a
history in connection with that State Some
body had traced her descendants for
period of rs or 100 years. and if he
recollected right, nine -tonths of them
had become criminals or were thrown into
poor houses, costing the State nearly a
million dollars for their care and support.
This was but one case in which girl had
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have been saved. He believed the entire
| State was interested in the future of the in
stitution and that there was a feeling that it
was doing good work.
Mr.. Heath of Kennebec quoted from the
} provisions of the statutes tor committing
girls, under certain conditions, to the In
dustrial School, to show that the State had
already made it a State institution, just the
same as the Reform School for the boys.
There are now sixty girls in the
school and it ia rapidly filling up.
The managers of the school, and the Com
mittee on Education after investigation, we re
of the opinion that $1,000 year would be
needed for the current expenses. For years
, most liberal appropriations had been made
for the State reform school, an institution
, that had been almost failure ;but this school
| was attacked year after year, though it was
doing Il good work and was AZ far success
, tu as such an institution could be.
, Mr.. Lumbert did not believe that 80 per
, cent of the inmates of the school had been
reclaimed. Who knew they had And if
they hsd whai had they been reclaimed from =?
Was ii assumed that every little girl that was
put there was reclaimed3 He didn't know
, why it should be assumed that
these girls would not be respectable
y women if they did not go there. He did not
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graduate from that institution, and thought it
p was better for her to be at home with her
a own people even if that home was one of pow
erty and her parents almost degraded. He
would cut the appropriation down to the
lowest figure if it was not possible to abolish
the school entirely, and not put premium
! upon large influx to the institution. He
moved TO amend to reduce the appr o.
priation to $1,000 per year.
! Messrs Lord and Heath replied
Mr., tlinckley of Sagadshoc said that as a
member of the Committee which considered
{ this matter two years ago, he did not get the
4 impression that the institution would not ask
n in the future for appropriations necessary for
running expenses, and he did not think the
trustees intended to make such proposition.
/ He declared his faith in the institution and
V his belief that it was as necessary to maintain
it as the Insane Hospital, the Reform School
or any other institution of the State.
p Mr.. Libbey of Penobscot, as a member Of
7 the committee that visited the institution two
. years ago, said that according to his re
collection no more money was to be asked
A on account of the construction of the build
l., ing. He thought it was stated that spplica
n tions would be made for running expenses
O In reply to the inquiry Of what the inmate'
A were reclaimed from, he said if the Senator
h MIR. LumberO should 90 there he would be
glad to acknowledge that they are reclaimed
q. from idleness and. possibly from evil.
o Mr.. Gushee of Knox regarded the school al
e a State Institution, and he had no doubt i
o was doing good, but he opposed the appro
priation as unnecessarily large.
=. The amendment to reduce to SO 900 pei
A wear was rejected by a vote of z to l5.
A Mr. Gushee moved to amend go as max
/. the sum $4,000 per year, which was adopted
!. The resolve was then passed to be en-
!. crossed.
On motion of Mr.. Heath the Senate voteC
! that when it adjourned it should be to NEE
. at q. 80 A. NJ. tomorrow.
II PASSED TO BE EEGRossRp.
|. Bill an act to incorporate the Rocklsn'
o Electric Light and Gasight Power Company
Y Bill an act to extend the time of the or
y ganization OF the Isle an Haut Water Co.
d Bill an act for the better protection OF land
a locked salmon and trout in townships I'D